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By Steve Finley For the past three years two local college quarterbacks have dominated the talk about who is the best NFL ready signal caller. UCLA’s Josh Rosen and USC’s Sam Darnold climbed to the top of the list. Now Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield has joined the club. All three players have strong points and weak points. Darnold and Mayfield combine great athletic ability with good quarterback skills and tremendous leader skills and a will to win. Rosen is the best pure passe...
The USC Trojan football team will travel deep into the heart of Texas to play one of the best college football teams in the nation when they face Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on Friday, December 29, at 5:30 p.m. The game will be played inside the AT&T Stadium in Arlington Texas and the game will be televised on ESPN. This is the same field where the Dallas Cowboys play their home games. This may be the last time we will see USC quarterback Sam Darnold in a Trojan uniform. Darnold is projected t...
UCLA introduced its new football coach, Chip Kelly during a packed press conference on the school's campus last Monday. If you could package the smiles from boosters into victories Kelly would be very successful already but expectations don't translate into wins. "When I came back into coaching I wanted to make sure this was the right fit for me," said Kelly at the press conference on last Monday. "Football is a great game and to be around the right people is the most important thing to me....
The USC football team will try to beat Stanford again in 2017 but this time it's for the Pac-12 Championship. On September 9 at the Coliseum the Trojans beat the Cardinal 42-24. The problem is Stanford has gotten better and the Trojans have basically stayed the same. USC is ranked No.11 in the nation and Stanford is No. 21 and they will battle for the Pac-12 Championship on Friday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. The Trojans are 10-2 and the Cardinal is 9-3. The biggest difference in Stanford...
The USC football team, fresh off a close 28-23 win over cross town rival UCLA last Saturday at the Coliseum, will play for the Pac-12 championship on December 1, at 5 p.m.at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Their opponent will be Washington State or Stanford. USC will have to play better than it did against UCLA if they expect to win the Pac-12 championship. Although the 10-2 Trojans won the game over the 5-6 Bruins it appears the Trojans are missing something that is not allowing them to be a...
When UCLA and USC play each other in any sport the stakes are high and the winner has bragging rights for another year. This years' football game is no different. Although there is no Rose Bowl game to play for the two teams still serve up some of the best talent in college football. The Trojans and the Bruins will meet on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Coliseum. Both teams will feature NFL ready quarterbacks and both teams have something to prove and play for. The 9-2 Trojans have already clinched...
The season is still early but the early returns looked familiar for the Clippers and Lakers. This season the teams looked like the same teams as last year. The Clippers are a good team but not a great team although they appear to be better than they were last year. The Lakers are still two or three super stars away from being a good or great team. Last Monday the Clippers gave up 74 points to the Warriors at halftime. The Clippers scored 57 points but when you give up that many points in the...
The 2-0 UCLA football team travels to the state of Tennessee Saturday to take on the Memphis Tigers at 9 a.m. on ESPN2 or Channel 7. If the Bruins’ offense continues to play at a high level UCLA should be 3-0 at the end of the day. Bruin junior quarterback Josh Rosen looks like he is trying recapture his sensation freshman year when he was the best quarterback in the nation. Last Saturday against Hawaii he completed 22-25 passes for 332 yards five touchdowns. He completed passes to eight d...
Two of the greatest college football programs in the nation will be on the field Saturday when the USC Trojans take on the Texas Longhorns at 5:30 p.m. at the Coliseum. Although the Longhorns have been down the past few years they still have enough talent to upset the Trojans. The Trojans are fresh off a dominating performance against a very good Stanford team last Saturday at the Coliseum. The final score was 42-24 and all of the Trojan teams played well, offense, defense and special teams....
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA took a step in the right direction last Tuesday night at Staples Center when they beat the Phoenix Mercury in the first game of the WNBA semifinals. The final score was 79-66. All five Sparks starters scored in double figures. After playing one more game at home the Sparks travel to Phoenix for games three and four this weekend, on Sunday at 2 p.m. and Tuesday if necessary. It’s a best of five series....
The Los Angeles Coliseum has been a place where a lot of great football games have been played. When No. 6 USC clashes with No. 14 Stanford on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Coliseum, it figures to be another one of those games that has Pac-12 and national implications. Both teams are 1-0 and both teams have great football tradition. USC’s 49-21 win over Western Michigan last Saturday was a good test for the Trojans. Although the name Western Michigan does not scare a lot of people, they are a v...
UCLA's 45-44 thrilling comeback win over Texas A&M last Sunday at the Rose Bowl was a game that defied all logical explanations when it comes to making a sports comeback. What made it so hard to believe was that the Bruins were so bad in the first have and so good in the second half. They were down 38 to 10 at half time and even some of UCLA's most devoted fans were so discouraged that they started to leave the Rose Bowl. UCLA appeared to be sleep walking in the first half and they continued to...
The UCLA football team will find out early if it has improved from last year when they take on a good Texas A&M football team at the Rose Bowl on a rare college game on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. The Bruins are hoping to get off to a fast start in 2017 and improve on their 4-8 season last year. If they expect to improve they will need to get better in several categories. Number one on the list is protecting All-Star quarterback Josh Rosen. Number two is improving the running game....
The USC football team has enough talent in 2017 to stay at the top of the Pac-12 and national rankings. They have one of the best quarterbacks in the nation in Sam Darnold. They always have outstanding running backs led by Roland Jones ll and their defense is fast and strong. They will put those talents on display Saturday when they open their season against Western Michigan at 2:15 p.m. at the Coliseum. The No. 4 ranked Trojans should score a lot of points against Western Michigan but they...
The final three games of the regular season for the Sparks include a Sunday date with the other power team in the WNBA, the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx and the Sparks are the two best teams in the league so their game on Sunday; although it's still a regular season game has playoff implications. Tip off for the game is set for 4 p.m. at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The Sparks (22-8) still have an outside chance of overtaking the 23-6 Lynx with three games remaining in the regular...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA started a five-game road trip last Sunday with a 85-79 loss to the Dallas Wings. On Friday, (today) they take on the best team in the WNBA, the Minnesota Lynx at 5 p.m.. At press time the Lynx were 28-6 and the Sparks were 26-8. They are the best two teams in the WNBA. After Friday’s game against Minnesota the Sparks travel to New York on Sunday, Washington on Wednesday and Chicago on Friday. The Sparks return home on Tuesday, August 22 to play San Antonio a...
The good news around Westwood is quarterback Josh Rosen is returning for his junior year. The bad news is, there are still some major question marks about the offensive line. Last year the problems with the line created complications running the ball and protecting the quarterback. The lack of protection caused a season-ending injury to Rosen. UCLA head coach Jim Mora thinks Rosen benefitted from being on the sidelines. His injury last season humbled Josh to a certain degree, said Mora last...
What can the Trojans do for an encore? The USC football team won nine games in a row last season after starting the season 1-3. Those nine wins included their dramatic victory over Penn State in the Rose Bowl on January 2. Now is time to see if USC can live up to the great expectations that comes with winning nine games in a row. The Trojans are ranked as high as No. 2 in some preseason college polls and they are picked to win the Pac-12. As usual USC is has star power and that starts with...
The good news around Westwood is quarterback Josh Rosen is returning for his junior year. The bad news is, there are still some major question marks about the offensive line. Last year the problems with the line created complications running the ball and protecting the quarterback. The lack of protection caused a season-ending injury to Rosen. UCLA head coach Jim Mora thinks Rosen benefitted from being on the sidelines. His injury last season humbled Josh to a certain degree, said Mora last...
The Los Angeles Chargers will start their training camp on Sunday, July 30 at 10 a.m. at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa. All 12 Charger practices at the Complex will be open to the public and admission is free. Although admission is free fans are encouraged to reserve seating passes, available on first come, first served basis, in advance through: chargers.com/camp. New head coach Anthony Lynn and his new staff are happy to be in Los Angeles and they look forward to playing in the StubHub Center in Carson until they move into...
The Los Angeles Rams’ official season starts Saturday, July 29 when their training camp begins at 3 p.m. at the University of California, Irvine campus. This will be the second straight year the Rams have chosen UC Irvine for their training location. Rookies reported to camp last Wednesday and the veterans report on Friday. New coaches and new players will give the 2017 Rams a different look. Last year the team finished with a record of 4-12. Their offense was worse than their record. Rams new head coach Sean McVay hopes to bring a new a...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA are happy to be at home inside the Staples Center. They are 15-5 overall and 10-0 at home. They look like the NBA champion Golden State Warriors when they play at home. They are starting to dominate teams and they are doing this with smiles on their faces. Regardless of what you do you have to enjoy what you do, said Sparks head coach Brian Agler last Monday after their win over Indiana. It’s nice to see our players not only having success but it’s good to see...
Although the Culver City football team has performed at a high level this summer in passing league games they realize they must improve if they expect to compete for league and CIF championships in the fall. “We are looking pretty good right now but we still have to get better,” said head coach Jahmal Wright after they beat Brentwood during a recent game at Culver City. Wright is always looking for perfection but he realizes its’ still early. “It’s June so we have some time to get to where we...
The Los Angeles Sparks began their longest home-stand of the season last Thursday when they faced Connecticut. They play three more home games starting with Monday's game against Indiana at 7:30 p.m. On Thursday July 20, they battle Chicago at 12:30 p.m. and Tuesday, July 25, they play Seattle at 7:30 p.m. At press time the Sparks were the only team that had not lost a home game this season so home court is very important to a team that lost two road games in a row to Minnesota and Seattle last...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA are moving in the right direction right now. They are currently riding a six-game winning streak and the six new players they signed in the off season are starting to make a difference. The 10-3 Sparks play their next home game on Sunday, July 2 against the Washington Mystics at 2 p.m. at Staples Center. The Sparks are led by Alana Beard, Chelsea Gray, Jantel Lavender, Nneka Ogwumike, Candace Parker, Odyssey Sims and Riquna Williams. Several of the new players...
